diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/urls.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a7e532a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from django.conf.urls import url
+
+from ...config import PRIVATE_GET_RAW_CONTENT
+from ...config import PRIVATE_PUT_DEPOSIT, PRIVATE_GET_DEPOSIT_METADATA
+from ...config import PRIVATE_CHECK_DEPOSIT
+from .deposit_read import SWHDepositReadArchives
+from .deposit_read import SWHDepositReadMetadata
+from .deposit_update_status import SWHUpdateStatusDeposit
+from .deposit_check import SWHChecksDeposit
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    # Retrieve deposit's raw archives' content
+    # -> GET
+    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/raw/$',
+        SWHDepositReadArchives.as_view(),
+        name=PRIVATE_GET_RAW_CONTENT),
+    # Update deposit's status
+    # -> PUT
+    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/update/$',
+        SWHUpdateStatusDeposit.as_view(),
+        name=PRIVATE_PUT_DEPOSIT),
+    # Retrieve metadata information on a specific deposit
+    # -> GET
+    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/meta/$',
+        SWHDepositReadMetadata.as_view(),
+        name=PRIVATE_GET_DEPOSIT_METADATA),
+    # Check archive and metadata information on a specific deposit
+    # -> GET
+    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/check/$',
+        SWHChecksDeposit.as_view(),
+        name=PRIVATE_CHECK_DEPOSIT),
+]
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/urls.py b/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
index 98250ca9..1aba2429 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
@@ -1,97 +1,68 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 """swh URL Configuration
 
 The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
     https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/http/urls/
 Examples:
 Function views
     1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', views.home, name='home')
 Class-based views
     1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', Home.as_view(), name='home')
 Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.conf.urls import url
 
 from ..config import EDIT_SE_IRI, EM_IRI, CONT_FILE_IRI
-from ..config import SD_IRI, COL_IRI, STATE_IRI, PRIVATE_GET_RAW_CONTENT
-from ..config import PRIVATE_PUT_DEPOSIT, PRIVATE_GET_DEPOSIT_METADATA
-from ..config import PRIVATE_CHECK_DEPOSIT
+from ..config import SD_IRI, COL_IRI, STATE_IRI
 from .deposit import SWHDeposit
 from .deposit_status import SWHDepositStatus
 from .deposit_update import SWHUpdateMetadataDeposit
 from .deposit_update import SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit
 from .deposit_content import SWHDepositContent
 from .service_document import SWHServiceDocument
-from .private.deposit_read import SWHDepositReadArchives
-from .private.deposit_read import SWHDepositReadMetadata
-from .private.deposit_update_status import SWHUpdateStatusDeposit
-from .private.deposit_check import SWHChecksDeposit
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # PUBLIC API
 
     # SD IRI - Service Document IRI
     # -> GET
     url(r'^servicedocument/', SWHServiceDocument.as_view(),
         name=SD_IRI),
     # Col IRI - Collection IRI
     # -> POST
     url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/$', SWHDeposit.as_view(),
         name=COL_IRI),
     # EM IRI - Atom Edit Media IRI (update archive IRI)
     # -> PUT (update-in-place existing archive)
     # -> POST (add new archive)
     url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/media/$',
         SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit.as_view(),
         name=EM_IRI),
     # Edit IRI - Atom Entry Edit IRI (update metadata IRI)
     # SE IRI - Sword Edit IRI ;; possibly same as Edit IRI
     # -> PUT (update in place)
     # -> POST (add new metadata)
     url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/metadata/$',
         SWHUpdateMetadataDeposit.as_view(),
         name=EDIT_SE_IRI),
     # State IRI
     # -> GET
     url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/status/$',
         SWHDepositStatus.as_view(),
         name=STATE_IRI),
     # Cont/File IRI
     # -> GET
     url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/content/$',
         SWHDepositContent.as_view(),
         name=CONT_FILE_IRI),  # specification is not clear about
                               # FILE-IRI, we assume it's the same as
                               # the CONT-IRI one
-
-    # PRIVATE API
-
-    # Retrieve deposit's raw archives' content
-    # -> GET
-    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/raw/$',
-        SWHDepositReadArchives.as_view(),
-        name=PRIVATE_GET_RAW_CONTENT),
-    # Update deposit's status
-    # -> PUT
-    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/update/$',
-        SWHUpdateStatusDeposit.as_view(),
-        name=PRIVATE_PUT_DEPOSIT),
-    # Retrieve metadata information on a specific deposit
-    # -> GET
-    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/meta/$',
-        SWHDepositReadMetadata.as_view(),
-        name=PRIVATE_GET_DEPOSIT_METADATA),
-    # Check archive and metadata information on a specific deposit
-    # -> GET
-    url(r'^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/check/$',
-        SWHChecksDeposit.as_view(),
-        name=PRIVATE_CHECK_DEPOSIT),
 ]
diff --git a/swh/deposit/urls.py b/swh/deposit/urls.py
index 13cf6ae4..1ddb71ed 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/urls.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/urls.py
@@ -1,44 +1,45 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 """swhdeposit URL Configuration
 
 The :data:`urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please
     see: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/http/urls/
 
 Examples:
 
 - Function views:
 
   1. Add an import: ``from my_app import views``
   2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: ``url(r'^$', views.home, name='home')``
 
 - Class-based views:
 
   1. Add an import: ``from other_app.views import Home``
   2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: ``url(r'^$', Home.as_view(), name='home')``
 
 - Including another URLconf:
 
   1. Import the include function: ``from django.conf.urls import url, include``
   2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: ``url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))``
 
 """
 
 from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from rest_framework.urlpatterns import format_suffix_patterns
 
 
 def index(req):
     return HttpResponse('SWH Deposit API')
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', index, name='home'),
     url(r'^1/', include('swh.deposit.api.urls')),
+    url(r'^1/private/', include('swh.deposit.api.private.urls')),
 ]
 
 urlpatterns = format_suffix_patterns(urlpatterns)